Bryce

My good friend Bryce passed away on Wednesday evening after a long battle with cancer. This just breaks my heart. Bryce was one of the coolest, passionate & most brilliant people I have ever known. He was the owner of Bloomerang, the flower wholesale company that I work for and where I buy all my flowers. He taught me so much about business and having no fear when it comes to customers and getting what you want. His lessons have be invaluable. Bryce is the second friend I've lost to cancer. Cancer is the pits. When I went and said goodbye to Bryce on Tuesday he was sleeping, but I know he could hear me. The same with Louie, as I said goodbye in the ICU while he was kept alive on life support. Boy, that was rough. Bryce had made the decision to go home to live out his final days. So glad he did that, and so glad he was able to do that. Below is his obituary.


Bryce Anderson Jenkins

1972-2009

Bryce Anderson Jenkins one of the elect of the earth, imaginative, creative, and beloved by all, peacefully passed away at 8:00pm, August 5, 2009 at his home, surrounded by friends and family after a long and courageous battle with colon cancer.
He was born April 4, 1972 in Taylorsville, Utah.

He was a loving and wonderful husband and father as well as a loving son and brother. He loved to gather his family and friends around him and enjoy life. He loved mountains, camping, hiking, skiing, cliff jumping, rock climbing and any other life threatening adventure. He took advantage of life, lived with passion and believed in living in the moment. Bryce touched so many lives and never stopped giving.

He was a successful businessman who was admired and respected by all he met and dealt with. He was a master at developing innovative and creative systems and procedures in his businesses. He could fix or build anything and was known among his friends as MacGyver.

Bryce was instrumental in building three Flowerama stores and a wholesale floral distribution company in the Salt Lake Valley. He also assisted his family and brothers in their farming and ranching operations in Southern Utah and Nevada.

He is survived by his wife Ginger and 4 children Brett (12), Brandon (10), Megan (8) and Miller (1-1/2).
He is also survived by his parents, Wayne W. Jenkins, Helen A. Jenkins and brothers and sisters.

He was preceded in death by his brother Danny Jenkins at age 5, two infant sisters Lisa Brita and Holly Jenkins and a brother Jonathan Lee 22.

Bryce and Ginger Jenkins were married November 11, 1995 and later sealed in the Salt Lake City LDS temple.

Funeral Services will be conducted Saturday, August 8, 2009 at 11:00am at the Meadows Ward, 5735 South Fashion Boulevard (280 East), Murray City, with a viewing Friday evening from 6-8 PM at the church and from 10-11 am before the services.